EP1125522A1 - Regal aus Draht mit klappbaren Seiten insbesondere für Handwagen und dergleichen - Google Patents

Regal aus Draht mit klappbaren Seiten insbesondere für Handwagen und dergleichen Download PDF

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EP1125522A1
EP1125522A1 EP00124409A EP00124409A EP1125522A1 EP 1125522 A1 EP1125522 A1 EP 1125522A1 EP 00124409 A EP00124409 A EP 00124409A EP 00124409 A EP00124409 A EP 00124409A EP 1125522 A1 EP1125522 A1 EP 1125522A1
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Ivano Morandi
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
    • A47B96/20—Furniture panels or like furniture elements
    • A47B96/202—Furniture panels or like furniture elements with a continuous layer allowing folding
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B43/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features enabling folding of the cabinet or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B55/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, having essential features of rigid construction
    • A47B55/02—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, having essential features of rigid construction made of wire

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  • This invention relates to a collapsible-sided shelf, in particular of metal or non-metal wires, rods and rod-like elements, particularly for trolleys and fixed support devices.
  • Shelves of plastic-coated metal wire, rods or rod-like elements are known, to be hooked at different heights to side walls provided or not provided with wheels, to form a trolley or a support device in which these (removable) shelves form a consolidating part of the trolley or device.
  • These shelves comprise a substantially rectangular flat base part plus sides.
  • the sides may form an integral part of the base part, in which case they are rigidly set substantially at 90° to the base part which, with the sides, assumes either a U-configuration, or a tray configuration if bounded by four sides.
  • the overall size of such a shelf is considerable, and negatively affects transport and storage costs.
  • the sides are provided with a number of rods, wires and rod-like elements shaped approximately as a half-closed hook which by engaging a surrounding rod of the base part enables the sides to be rotated away from and towards this base part.
  • the shelf is unstable and therefore also makes the trolley structure unstable; the shelf is uncomfortable to install between the side walls; and fitting the sides to the base part involves relatively complicated manual operations which cannot be automated.
  • An object of this invention is to provide a shelf provided with at least one side which forms one piece with the base part and can be made to manually assume a plurality of stable angular positions relative to said base part.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a trolley or a fixed support structure in which the shelf of the invention is applied.
  • the reference numeral 1 indicates the shelf of the invention overall. It comprises a base part 2 and two sides 3 forming one piece with said base part. Both the base part 2 and the sides 3 are formed from metal or non-metal wires, rods or rod-like elements assembled together and surface-treated.
  • the base part 2 comprises three parallel longitudinal rod-like elements 4a, b, c (two side or outer elements 4a, b, bent at 90° at their outer ends at 4d, and one intermediate element 4c) and a series of parallel transverse rod-like elements 5 rigid with the three longitudinal rod-like elements 4a, b, c.
  • the transverse elements 5 and longitudinal elements 4a, b, c involve only the base part 2.
  • these straps are prolonged beyond the base part 2 to extend into the sides 3 and form a part of the structure of these latter.
  • those portions of said straps which extend beyond the base part 2 are fixed, after a certain suitable free spacing distance indicated by 7, to two (rod-like) parallel stringers 8a, b bounding the sides 3, these latter being completed by a series of parallel rod-like elements 9 also fixed to the stringers 8a, b.
  • the outer stringers 8b project outwards at their ends (at 10).
  • the base part 2 and sides 3 hence form one piece which can be produced entirely automatically without manual intervention.
  • the material of the straps 6 is chosen such that the sides 3 can be made to assume any position relative to the base part 2 by being bent (in the opening or closure direction) manually and without particular force along their free portion 7, their assumed position persisting after the manual intervention ceases.
  • the material is also chosen such that even after the position of the sides has been changed a certain number of times, the straps do not fracture within those free portions 7 in which the repeated bending occurs.
  • Typical materials suitable both for bonding and for changing the position of the sides and their stability in the desired position are metals in general or other materials.
  • thermosetting or thermoplastic plastic for example, steel wire covered with a thermosetting or thermoplastic plastic can be used.
  • the shape of the straps is such as to offer a low resistant moment to change in position of the sides (ie in the direction of side rotation relative to the base part) but to offer considerable resistance to any force exerted transversely to the straps in the direction of the arrows F of Figure 1, so stabilizing not only the structure of the shelf but also, in consequence, the structure of the trolley or non-wheeled support structure to which the shelf is hooked or connected.
  • the shelf 1 of the invention is mounted (either with the sides 3 collapsed onto the base part or with the sides 3 raised) on said crosspieces 12 such that the bent appendices 4d of the base part lie on the outside of the crosspieces and the base part of the shelf rests on these latter. If collapsed, the sides are then rotated to assume a position at approximately 90° to the base part, whereas the projecting parts 10 of the outer stringers 8a of the sides engage the legs of the U to prevent any outward rotation of the sides should an accidental thrust be applied to them.
  • the scope of the invention includes different embodiments of the shelf and sides in terms of the number and arrangement of their constituent rods, wires or the like.
  • the shelf and its sides could be formed with solid flat elements connected together by straps or similar elements.
  • the straps 6 could also be limited in length to just the portion 7 plus short extensions to enable it to be fixed to the sides 3 and to the base part 2.
  • the proposed embodiment of the invention enables the sides 3 to be positioned in various spatial arrangements.
  • the number of sides could also be limited to one or be such as to totally surround the base part 2 ( Figures 5d and 5e).
  • Figures 6a, 6b show a variant of the aforedescribed embodiments (those shelf parts in common with the aforedescribed embodiments are indicated by the same reference numerals thereas).
  • the shelf 13 of this variant is substantially identical to the lastly described embodiment and also comprises a base part 2 and sides 14 forming one piece with the base part, to which they are connected such as to enable their position to be modified as already described.
  • the sides 14 also comprise hooking elements 15, preferably provided on the ends of said sides.
  • the hooking elements 15 have a vertical part 15A and a hook-bent end part 15B.
  • the hooking elements are preferably formed by prolonging the outside bars 16A, 16B defining the ends of the sides 14.
  • the length L of the hooking elements 15 is such that when the relative side 14 has been folded onto the base part 2 ( Figure 6B), said hooking elements 15 lie completely within the base part.
  • the hooking elements 15 are arranged to hook onto an overlying shelf by engaging a horizontal rod-like element 16 of a side 14 in the free space between the vertical end bars 16A, 16B of the side and the immediately adjacent vertical bars 16C, D.
  • a crosspiece 17 for example provided inside a cupboard or connected to a support structure 18 (partially shown in Figure 6a), preferably also rod-like, comprising bent ends 20 able to cooperate with the bent ends 15B of the hooking elements 15, and a central part bent to straddle the crosspiece 17.

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US632004 1984-07-18
ITMI000017 2000-01-11
IT2000MI000017A IT1316165B1 (it) 2000-01-11 2000-01-11 Ripiano di filo metallico a sponde abbattibili particolarmente percarrelli e simili
US09/632,004 US6497331B1 (en) 2000-01-11 2000-07-31 Metal wire shelf with collapsible sides, particularly for trolleys and the like

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Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB415028A (en) * 1932-04-27 1934-08-07 Snead & Company Improvements in or relating to bracket shelves
CH272645A (de) * 1949-04-06 1950-12-31 Guhl Willy Bauelement mit einer Platte, an welcher Platten angelenkt sind, die quer zur Ebene der erstgenannten Platte einstellbar sind.
US2903137A (en) * 1957-07-15 1959-09-08 Edward N Brown Multiple utility racks
GB2222102A (en) * 1988-06-14 1990-02-28 Express Metal Finishers Joint structure
FR2779211A1 (fr) * 1998-05-28 1999-12-03 Antoine Farge Procede pour la realisation d'une structure de diedre et dispositif pour la realisation du procede

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB415028A (en) * 1932-04-27 1934-08-07 Snead & Company Improvements in or relating to bracket shelves
CH272645A (de) * 1949-04-06 1950-12-31 Guhl Willy Bauelement mit einer Platte, an welcher Platten angelenkt sind, die quer zur Ebene der erstgenannten Platte einstellbar sind.
US2903137A (en) * 1957-07-15 1959-09-08 Edward N Brown Multiple utility racks
GB2222102A (en) * 1988-06-14 1990-02-28 Express Metal Finishers Joint structure
FR2779211A1 (fr) * 1998-05-28 1999-12-03 Antoine Farge Procede pour la realisation d'une structure de diedre et dispositif pour la realisation du procede

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